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Dragoş BENEA

S&D · Romania

Group
S&D
Country
Romania
Roll-call participation
65.5 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
94.6 %ⓘ of 406 votes where the group had a line · S&D median 97.1 %
More facts (5)
National party
PSD Partidul Social Democrat
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
21 of 403 votesⓘ
Committees
ECON (substitute), REGI (chair)
Member id
197658
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

65.5 %

406 of 620 final votes while in office

S&D median: 89.5 % (−24.0 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

94.6 %

384 of 406 votes where their group had a line

S&D median: 97.1 % (−2.5 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

5.2 %

21 of 403 votes where their group had a clear line

17 opposite (for ↔ against), 4 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

1.5 %

6 of 406 votes cast

Participation 65.5 % — S&D median 89.5 %, 137 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 137 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Dragoş BENEA65.5 %
S&D median89.5 %
Lowest in the group48.1 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members137
With majority line 94.6 % — S&D median 97.1 %, 137 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 137 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Dragoş BENEA94.6 %
S&D median97.1 %
Lowest in the group86.7 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members137
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of S&D; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 23 — part 2 545 for, 70 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 23 — part 1 509 for, 113 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 26 to paragraph 18 155 for, 451 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 13 178 for, 358 against, 102 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 8 — part 2 122 for, 456 against, 49 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 8 — part 1 603 for, 21 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 1 67 for, 530 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 1 80 for, 479 against, 49 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025Renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 591 for, 9 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2024-2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cabo Verde Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 507 for, 76 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on certain aspects of air services Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 562 for, 17 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Feb 2025Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ESN Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ESN Group 99 for, 317 against, 22 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 374 for, 53 against, 163 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 8 134 for, 283 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 8 151 for, 419 against, 33 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 210 for, 133 against, 26 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Paragraph 5 — part 3 555 for, 12 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Paragraph 5 — part 2 322 for, 249 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Paragraph 5 — part 1 467 for, 116 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 4 521 for, 66 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 148 for, 294 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Paragraph 2 — part 2 321 for, 219 against, 66 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Paragraph 2 — part 1 480 for, 112 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 148 for, 285 against, 23 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 1 518 for, 41 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 480 for, 58 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Amendment 2 to recital I 89 for, 476 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Amendment 1 to recital G 62 for, 522 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Amendment 9 to paragraph 15 167 for, 405 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 14 147 for, 405 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 14 105 for, 468 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 14 — part 2 469 for, 104 against, 23 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 14 — part 1 505 for, 45 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Amendment 6 to paragraph 14 141 for, 426 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 12 505 for, 51 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 10 — part 7 484 for, 74 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 10 — part 6 415 for, 167 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 10 — part 5 424 for, 143 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 10 — part 4 428 for, 76 against, 103 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 10 — part 3 415 for, 169 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 10 — part 2 419 for, 172 against, 23 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Paragraph 10 — part 1 415 for, 164 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 533 for, 24 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Amendment 1, adding text after recital D 113 for, 431 against, 64 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 5 62 for, 540 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 5 135 for, 435 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 556 for, 6 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Amendment 3 to paragraph 5 164 for, 435 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Amendment 5 to paragraph 5 56 for, 546 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 2 109 for, 443 against, 61 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 28 of 80 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within S&D

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Claudiu MANDA S&DRomania99 % of 1 770 shared93 %
Gabriela FIREA S&DRomania99 % of 2 470 shared93 %
Gheorghe CÂRCIU S&DRomania99 % of 2 439 shared93 %
Mihai TUDOSE S&DRomania99 % of 2 841 shared93 %
Ştefan MUŞOIU S&DRomania99 % of 2 997 shared93 %
Victor NEGRESCU S&DRomania98 % of 3 084 shared93 %
Andi CRISTEA S&DRomania98 % of 3 151 shared93 %
Dan NICA S&DRomania96 % of 2 663 shared93 %
Vasile DÎNCU S&DRomania95 % of 3 191 shared93 %
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ S&DLithuania94 % of 3 370 shared93 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group RenewItaly92 % of 1 157 shared86 %
Pina PICIERNO changed group RenewItaly90 % of 203 shared86 %
Jérémy DECERLE RenewFrance90 % of 1 676 shared86 %
Dainius ŽALIMAS RenewLithuania89 % of 3 227 shared86 %
Bernard GUETTA RenewFrance89 % of 3 066 shared86 %
Valérie DEVAUX RenewFrance89 % of 3 207 shared86 %
Marjan ŠAREC RenewSlovenia89 % of 3 161 shared86 %
Valérie HAYER RenewFrance89 % of 3 503 shared86 %
Nathalie LOISEAU RenewFrance89 % of 2 755 shared86 %
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE RenewBelgium89 % of 2 736 shared86 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI CommitteeChair23 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on the Future of Education and Skills for a Competitive EuropeIG10-14 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI CommitteeMember19 Jul 202422 Jul 2024

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross-border cooperationShadow rapporteurREGI24 Jun 2026
No dossier namedOpinion rapporteurREGI1 Dec 2025
Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewRapporteurREGI10 Jun 2025
Report named: Opinion on BUDG INI report on a a revamped long -term budgetOpinion rapporteurREGI18 Nov 2024
BUDG own - initiative reportShadow rapporteur for an opinionREGI22 Oct 2024
No dossier namedCommittee chairREGI22 Jul 2024

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Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

5 contributions recorded; 10 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 4

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

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Amendments tabled in committee, 28

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
16 Sept 2026Establishing the European Fund for Regional Development including for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg) and the Cohesion Fund as part of the Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP] and establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to regional development from 2028 to 2034 REGI-AM-792057 REGI10
7 Sept 2026Establishing the European Fund for Regional Development including for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg) and the Cohesion Fund as part of the Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP] and establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to regional development from 2028 to 2034 REGI-AM-792058 REGI7
27 Aug 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross-border cooperation REGI-AM-791869 REGI17
23 Jul 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilienceand cross-border cooperation REGI-AM-791870 REGI3
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790097 CJ712
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790098 CJ714
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790099 CJ7113
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790100 CJ716
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790101 CJ713
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790102 CJ719

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Romania National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version 5a7357168c2a (28 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
28 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Dragoş BENEA”. Member record. memberId 197658. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197658?page=108&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 28 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197658. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197658?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-197658,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Dragoş BENEA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197658?page=108&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197658?page=108&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-28},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197658. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197658. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}